Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

Cheraw, SC

4,960 Population
6 square miles 833 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

44.6 ±5.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Chesterfield County: 42 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 40.2 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,463 ±$4,915 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Chesterfield County: $29,214 ±$2,142
  • about two-thirds of the amount in South Carolina: $39,236 ±$299
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$26,689 ±$3,652 Median household income
  • about half the amount in Chesterfield County: $49,235 ±$2,518
  • about two-fifths of the amount in South Carolina: $69,324 ±$570
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

37% ±9.1% (1,749  ±430) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Chesterfield County: 20.3% † 8,807 (±2.4% / ±1,031)
  • more than double the rate in South Carolina: 14.1% 725,690 (±0.2% / ±12,586)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

13.8 minutes ±2 (25,245  ±5,528) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Chesterfield County: 24.5 430,280 (±0.8 / ±22,004)
  • about half the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 55,008,796 (±0.1 / ±398,882)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,245 ±206 Number of households
  • Chesterfield County: 17,534 ±406
  • South Carolina: 2,117,989 ±5,782
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.2 (4,695  ±21) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Chesterfield County: 2.5 42,948 (±0.1 / ±15)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 5,157,580
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3% ±2.8% (33  ±31) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Chesterfield County: 8.1% † 771 (±2.1% / ±197)
  • about half the rate in South Carolina: 5.5% 66,091 (±0.2% / ±2,423)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,601 ±240 Number of housing units
  • Chesterfield County: 20,843 ±64
  • South Carolina: 2,443,039 ±311
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$152,200 ±$64,449 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Chesterfield County: $116,200 ±$8,350
  • about three-fifths of the amount in South Carolina: $259,000 ±$1,421
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.3% ±5.6% (603  ±276.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Chesterfield County: 8.6% † 3,727 (±1.6% / ±700.8)
  • a little less than the rate in South Carolina: 12.8% 670,787 (±0.2% / ±10,726.1)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.9% ±11.2% (3,150  ±452.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Chesterfield County: 82.6% 25,343 (±3.3% / ±1,012.7)
  • a little less than the rate in South Carolina: 90.1% 3,313,276 (±0.4% / ±16,047)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
20.3% ±5.3% (735  ±197.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Chesterfield County: 13.6% † 4,177 (±1.4% / ±435)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 32.1% 1,181,414 (±0.3% / ±10,164.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

5% ±2.8% (248  ±140) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Chesterfield County: 3.6% 1,563
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 5.8% 305,101
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.6% ±2.4% (181  ±95) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Chesterfield County: 7% † 2,385 (±0.9% / ±315)
  • about half the rate in South Carolina: 8.3% 343,824 (±0.1% / ±5,303)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
181 Total veterans ±95 174 Male ±94 7 Female ±13

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.